NHL salary arbitration list

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NHL salary arbitration list[/u][/color]

Friday, July 16, 2004

TORONTO - The following NHL players, all restricted free agents, have elected salary arbitration. Hearings will be held Aug. 1-15 in Toronto:

Anaheim:[/u][/color] Ruslan Salei.

Atlanta:[/u][/color] Ronald Petrovicky, Marc Savard.

Boston:[/u][/color] Hal Gill, Sergei Gonchar, Joe Thornton.

Buffalo:[/u][/color] Mika Noronen, Jean-Pierre Dumont, Martin Biron, Brian Campbell, Jochen Hecht, Brad Brown, Daniel Briere, Rory Fitzpatrick.

Calgary:[/u][/color] Denis Gauthier, Miikka Kiprusoff.

Carolina:[/u][/color] Jesse Boulerice, Erik Cole, Kevyn Adams.

Chicago:[/u][/color] Bryan Berard, Stephane Robidas.

Colorado:[/u][/color] Milan Hejduk, Alex Tanguay.

Edmonton:[/u][/color] Eric Brewer.

Florida:[/u][/color] Mike Van Ryn.

Los Angeles:[/u][/color] Eric Belanger.

Minnesota:[/u][/color] William Mitchell, Andrew Brunette, Richard Park.

Montreal:[/u][/color] Richard Zednik, Cristobal Huet.

Nashville:[/u][/color] Steve Sullivan, Vladimir Orszagh, Wyatt Smith.

New Jersey:[/u][/color] Scott Gomez, Brian Rafalski, Scott Niedermayer.

N.Y. Islanders:[/u][/color] Oleg Kvasha, Jason Blake, Adrian Aucoin, Janne Niinimaa Dave Scatchard.

N.Y. Rangers:[/u][/color] Karel Rachunek.

Ottawa:[/u][/color] Chris Phillips, Peter Schaefer, Zdeno Chara.

Philadelphia:[/u][/color] Kim Johnsson, Michal Handzus.

Phoenix:[/u][/color] Ladislav Nagy, Daymond Langkow.

San Jose:[/u][/color] Nisse Ekman, Yevgeni Nabokov, Scott Hannan, Vesa Toskala, Scott Parker.

Tampa Bay:[/u][/color] Pavel Kubina, Ruslan Fedotenko, Cory Sarich, Fredrik Modin, Cory Stillman.

Toronto:[/u][/color] Tomas Kaberle, Bryan McCabe, Nikolai Antropov, Clarke Wilm.

Vancouver:[/u][/color] Dan Cloutier, Brendan Morrison.

Washington:[/u][/color] Brendan Witt.

source: www.canada.com/sports/hockey/story.html?id=34F06DE3-18D6-4C4A-99C1-D35CBFC9A6A4

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Arbitration for Canucks pair[/u][/color]



Ben Kuzma
July 16, 2004

In an uncertain NHL marketplace, the agents for Vancouver Canuck veterans Brendan Morrison and Dan Cloutier believe the only certainty is that their clients have leverage in potential arbitration hearings next month.

Although they filed for arbitration before Thursday's 9 p.m. PDT deadline, Morrison and Cloutier won't close the door on reaching a contract settlement with the club before cases are heard Aug. 1-15.

However, if Canucks general manager Dave Nonis can't commit salary and security in long-term deals, then an arbiter will reward a one or two-year deal based on the current economic system -- not an anticipated more restrictive system when the collective bargaining agreement expires Sept. 15.

Still, Nonis could be in a bind.

If the age of unrestricted free agency is lowered from 32 to 29 in a new CBA, then Morrison would be unrestricted if the Canucks offer a two-year deal. Nonis is likely to favour a one-year arbitration settlement.

"The bottom line is the same," said Morrison's agent Kurt Overhardt. "Our objective is to obtain a multi-year contract and we just felt arbitration is the best option. And if you just look at the last time we went through this process, we're very prepared."

Two years ago, Morrison turned a $775,000 US salary into a two-year arbitration award of $2.15 million and $2.45 million.

Coming off a 60-point regular season in which he was a plus-16 in 20:07 of average ice time -- and stretched his ironman streak to 348 games -- Morrison could get $3-$3.45 million in a one-year arbitration award.

"We would never enter into this process unless we felt we had a very favourable case," added Overhardt. "And I think this time more than ever, we've got a favourable case. I'm looking forward to it."

Last year, Cloutier agreed to a one-year, $2.5 million contract just one day before the arbitration filing deadline.

This year, his agent can present the contract of St. Louis goalie Patrick Lalime as a bargaining chip.

Lalime, often compared to Cloutier in age and ability, avoided arbitration by agreeing to a two-year deal Thursday.

He'll earn $2.9 million next season and the Blues hold a $3.2 million option on the following season.

Lalime went 25-23-7 with Ottawa last season and had a 2.29 goals-against average.

But he struggled in a first-round playoff loss to Toronto.

Cloutier was 33-21-6 with a 2.27 GAA but was injured in the first round against Calgary.

"I think Lalime will be used as a comparable," said Cloutier's agent Roland Thompson.

"But where is Lalime in comparison to Danny? Based on what Danny did last year, I don't think there's any comparison.

"We have a good case in what Danny's market value is and Dave's perception isn't that far off. We're not at a stage where it [contract] is possible, but additional discussion may evolve into something. If they don't we have arbitration. You can hit a home run or get killed."

link: www.canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=61cbc031-e934-44ce-892b-01c11d1de3ed